I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Amsterdam.
My main research interests lie in the area of theoretical corporate finance and the theory of the firm. Presently, my research focuses
on how firms build up and use managerial and financial flexibility to spur growth and innovation. The applications of this research range
more broadly from topics, such as optimal security design, corporate governance, and the design of institutions, to concrete implications for takeovers, financing from relationship investors, cash hoarding, and the firmís decision to stay public or private.